Now there's no need to bring Burt Reynolds into this....besides, you may have just triggered Eric Holder or something.....
Posted on 03/07/2018 3:39:08 PM PST by EdnaMode
Because the snowstorm currently hitting the East Coast isn't enough, it's also bringing with it thundersnow. That weather phenomenon is exactly what it sounds like: a snowstorm that features thunder and lightning. Very, very frightening.
"Thunderstorms accompanied by snow are usually of a different character than the 'normal' thunderstorm," Weather.com explained in 2015. "Thundersnow develops when the air is below freezing near the ground, and unlike most summer thunderstorms, it isn't near-ground air that rises all the way into the tall thunderstorm top. The instability is in only a shallow layer aloft. In thundersnow, the 'action' mainly takes place in a rather shallow layer that is usually near 20,000 feet and only around 5,000 feet thick."
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That guy is one of the biggest horses ass ever
I’ve heard it a couple of other times in the past year or two.. Dont recall ever hearing it before that.
Looks like Jim Cantore?
Sounds like aww hail snow.
I enjoy the version by ‘Steve ‘N Seagull. Check out on YouTube. That said, some thirty years or so ago we had thunder snow here. They predicted 3 inches, we got 24. Shut our town down for 4 or 5 days, till it all melted. National Guard called in to clear the roads.
Beat me to it! ;-)
Sounds like White Lightning!!
It’s also the name of a drug rehab facility in Oakland.
I never heard thundersnow before today either. Weird. Never even knew it existed.
I *LOVE* the weather and will brave almost anything but thundersnow creeps me out.
Something about not knowing where the stuff is and how close it is or what direction it’s going in is really weird.
I know.. We never had superstorms like Sandy either.. Strange times.
Well played!
So...after that comment I had to look and sure enough, Missouri - we had the same :) You must be close.
Thundersnow doesn’t bother me at all (we get it once in a while around here in the “mid-south”). I find it a nifty experience. However, a few years ago we had a full-on (not severe, just strong) thunderstorm which was dumping heavy freezing(!) rain on us. THAT (the combo of considerable wind, lightning & thunder, and, oh, something in the neighborhood of 1/2 to 3/4” of rain an hour rate, with much of that freezing), was rather impressive. We were driving — Luckily ground temps were still above freezing until it had, like a typical thunderstorm, blown through. So, we got home ok.
I would venture to guess that the chance of that sort of storm just stalling in one area for a couple hours are VERY low, but I would not want to drive into the latter part of such an event should it happen!
I’ll be here at the Taco Bell all week.
We have $1 menu, too.
Or self-identify as a dog.
George T. Cat tries to burrow underneath us when there is thunder. Or someone knocks real loudly at the door.
GLOBULL WARMING! ITS GLOBULL WARMING I TELL YA! GLOOOO BULLLLLL WARMINGGGGGG!!!!!!
Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!
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